Middle · North Carolina

Owen Middle

Owen Middle, a public middle school in Swannanoa, North Carolina: grades 6–8, 457 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Buncombe County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
457
Teachers (FTE)
33.3
Students per teacher
13.7
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 16.2 · 475 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 589 · 477 schools compared

Smaller than 57% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

42%proficient

+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 66% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 476 middle schools compared

440 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

37%proficient

−2.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 74% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 476 middle schools compared

440 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Buncombe County Schools.

Location

Address
730 Old US 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Phone
(828)686-7739
City or town
Swannanoa

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–849015.050%50%
6–849914.970%69%
6–867011.355%48%
5–672518.153%54%
5–865414.354%61%
7–851614.457%68%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 370045002286